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Riches and Treasures [podcast]

“Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: 20 But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: 21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.” Matthew 6:19-21

According to the teachings of Jesus, the vast majority of people who are rich on earth will spend eternity in hell (Mark 10:23-25; Luke 12, 16, etc. Is it a sin to be rich? No, yet the danger of soul is evermore present. Also, the accountability to be rich in giving is the only way to lay up a foundation against the Judgment to come – the giving account for everything He allowed into your temporal possession.

“Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy; 18 That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate; 19 Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.” 1 Timothy 6:17-19